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Chairman — Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Rand Paul is a Republican senator from Kentucky who has served in the Senate since 2011. His official committee biography describes his medical training at Duke, his ophthalmology practice in Kentucky and his work providing pro-bono eye care before and during his Senate service.
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Rand Paul is a Republican senator from Kentucky who has served in the Senate since 2011. His official committee biography describes his medical training at Duke, his ophthalmology practice in Kentucky and his work providing pro-bono eye care before and during his Senate service.
Open biography & office record ↓Rand Paul is a Republican senator from Kentucky who has served in the Senate since 2011. His official committee biography describes his medical training at Duke, his ophthalmology practice in Kentucky and his work providing pro-bono eye care before and during his Senate service.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee identifies Paul as its chairman. In that role he oversees federal-management and homeland-security matters and has convened hearings and business meetings on immigration enforcement, nominations, government spending and other oversight subjects.
Congress.gov records Paul as sponsor of S.3853 in February 2026, legislation that would end the federal liability shield for vaccine manufacturers. That sponsorship is included as legislative record only; any factual vaccine claim is assessed separately against medical and primary-source evidence.
Paul sponsored the February 11, 2026 bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and end the liability shield for vaccine manufacturers.
